Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
xix, 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-282) and index. |
Contents |
New Orleans, the land of Creoles and Catholics -- The genesis of southern Catholic interracialism, 1917-1947 -- Interracial agitation: raising awareness, 1948 -- Interracial activism: belief in practice, 1948-1949 -- Catholic choice: Jim Crowism or Jesus Christ, 1949-1952 -- "Norman Francis is a Negro": desegregating Catholic colleges, 1952-1953 -- Bearing fruit: Catholic interracialism in the age of Brown, 1952-1956 -- The rise of southern Catholic resistance, 1955-1956 -- The death of southern Catholic interracialism, 1956 -- Southern Catholics, Martin Luther King, Jr., and "letter from Birmingham jail". |
Subject |
New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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Catholics -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Attitudes -- History -- 20th century.
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Catholics. |
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Louisiana -- New Orleans. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Catholics -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Social conditions. |
ISBN |
0826514839 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780826514837 cloth alkaline paper |
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